New York?s Architecture Research Office (ARO) has been selected to lead in the renovation and master planning of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. The project aims to modernize and improve the renowned structure, which houses 14 monumental paintings by Mark Rothko in an interior space designed to meet the artist?s precise specifications, and its surrounding plaza and reflecting pool. The original building was largely designed by Rothko himself, with consult from a trio of architects including Philip Johnson.

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New York?s Architecture Research Office (ARO) has been selected to lead in the renovation and master planning of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. The project aims to modernize and improve the renowned structure, which houses 14 monumental paintings by Mark Rothko in an interior space designed to meet the artist?s precise specifications, and its surrounding plaza and reflecting pool. The original building was largely designed by Rothko himself, with consult from a trio of architects including Philip Johnson.
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?We are honored to be entrusted with work at the Rothko Chapel,? says Stephen Cassell, partner at ARO. ?For more than 40 years, the Chapel has been a deeply moving experience of personal contemplation that furthers the Chapel?s mission of social action. We feel enormous responsibility toward its future.?The firm will be tasked with the renovation of the Chapel?s ent...